throw oneself on someone's mercy
find it in one's heart
play the victim card
condone
pardon
victimize
drop someone in it
exonerate
come to someone's rescue
kiss and make up
spare
cast the first stone
come to terms with
let someone down gently
go hard with someone
skate on thin ice
let off
kick
take one for the team
leave someone holding the baby
let in
tool
lean into
guilten
heal
tread on someone's corns
remit
make the best of a bad job
compare and despair
fall on one's sword
put oneself in someone's shoes
suspect
beat up
purify
bring up against
put a gun to someone's head
get past
greenlight
guilt-trip
make it up to
get back
put someone in their place
get one's
disembarrass
adorn oneself with borrowed plumes
snooker
face the music
take the rap
brazen out
owe
drag down
hold to account
give someone the brush-off
deign
step forward
soften someone's cough
settle someone's hash
exculpate
dree one's weird
resign
return the favor
redress
go one's own way
usurp
suck it up
self-redress